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No you’re ignorant. Yes wages are dependent on work ethic. However if you have an overwhelming influx of cheap labor coming into the country and not enough jobs to go around. What do you think will happen to wages “genius”
If you're that easily replaced, that sounds like a personal issue.
Minimum wage should keep in line with the cost of living. No one should have to work 90 hours a week in order to pay their bills.
Typical alt-right, complaining about things before the new President even starts the job.
Let's not forget the old favorite, they're going to take our guns?
The national minimum wage is currently $19.84 per hour or $753.80 per 38 hour week (before tax).
Now, that's in Australian dollars, but right now the AUD is about 76 cents to the US dollar, so taking that into account, the Australian minimum wage is $15.07 USD.
So, what Joe Biden wants to do is replicate Australia's minimum wage.
And, before the pandemic, the unemployment rate in Australia was 5.1-5.3 percent. Even now it is 6.8%, which is basically the same as the US's.
In brief, Australia has a minimum wage of what Joe Biden wants to do, and yet their unemployment rate is still about the same as the US.
It’s a proven fact that Immigration actually revitalizes economies for many communities. They fill jobs that wouldn’t have been filled, and have a better work ethic than most Americans knowing how lucky they are to even be in America. It’s a shame some people can’t understand the things immigrants bring to the table.
If you're that easily replaced, that sounds like a personal issue.
Minimum wage should keep in line with the cost of living. No one should have to work 90 hours a week in order to pay their bills.
Typical alt-right, complaining about things before the new President even starts the job.
Let's not forget the old favorite, they're going to take our guns?
What if someone spends 50 of those 90 hours in the bathroom, or smoking in the parking lot, or posting on social media while at work? Not all workers are the victims of evil businesses who want people to work for as little as possible. Some workers truly do suck, and it's unfortunate that we have to have a system in place to address this reality, but this is the way it's always been. Some people really do suck at their job, or any job for that matter. There's no reason everyone else should suffer for their incompetence, laziness, etc.
Now, that's in Australian dollars, but right now the AUD is about 76 cents to the US dollar, so taking that into account, the Australian minimum wage is $15.07 USD.
So, what Joe Biden wants to do is replicate Australia's minimum wage.
And, before the pandemic, the unemployment rate in Australia was 5.1-5.3 percent. Even now it is 6.8%, which is basically the same as the US's.
In brief, Australia has a minimum wage of what Joe Biden wants to do, and yet their unemployment rate is still about the same as the US.
Australia got rich supplying China with commodities used in their massive manufacturing sector. The US is on the other side of the globe. We do not have a competitive advantage in supplying China with the raw materials and commodities needed in the manufacturing of goods that they make. You're comparing apples to oranges.
No you’re ignorant. Yes wages are dependent on work ethic. However if you have an overwhelming influx of cheap labor coming into the country and not enough jobs to go around. What do you think will happen to wages “genius”
The 11-12 million immigrants who are here have been here for quite a while, some of them decades, and they are already employed. You should expect little to change besides their citizenship status.
Except for those who work off the books like the illegals do.
Why pay someone on the books, get an illegal for less. Looks like there will a whole bunch more of them coming with the Biden administration being more accepting of them.
I guess you don't realize how many American born people also work off the books.
Where is the anger?
Now, that's in Australian dollars, but right now the AUD is about 76 cents to the US dollar, so taking that into account, the Australian minimum wage is $15.07 USD.
So, what Joe Biden wants to do is replicate Australia's minimum wage.
And, before the pandemic, the unemployment rate in Australia was 5.1-5.3 percent. Even now it is 6.8%, which is basically the same as the US's.
In brief, Australia has a minimum wage of what Joe Biden wants to do, and yet their unemployment rate is still about the same as the US.
I took a class on economics in college. And I’ll be frank my professor was very liberal, but one common misconsception is saving buissnesses money boosts the economy but that isn’t true. The more money the government injects into the economy the more people can thrive, and people are the economy. It’s not just about unemployment, it’s also about living standards which the U.S is falling behind in. And a 15$ minimum wage could help with that.
So what happens when the price of goods and services double? Or when the people not worth $15/hr suddenly cannot land a job??? You can't create prosperity with a pen, a mandate, or even by raising minimum wage. If it was that simple, there would be no poor countries in the world.
This is one thing I do agree with higher minimum wage critics on - it will surely fuel higher inflation.
But, inflation since the late 90's has been so low I don't think it's a big deal. It'll do something like, raise inflation from 1.8% to 2.3%, or thereabouts.
FWIW, I don't think they should raise the minimum wage to $15, at least not right off the bat. $12 would be more reasonable. Maybe gradually over 10 years they can raise it to $15.
Except for those who work off the books like the illegals do.
Why pay someone on the books, get an illegal for less. Looks like there will a whole bunch more of them coming with the Biden administration being more accepting of them.
And if you do, you should receive mandatory felony prison time. If Congress wasn't owned by Corporate America, such a law could have been in effect long ago. It's not Big Business that wants immigration curtailed.
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